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Aug 7, 2012 - Staff

Deaths

GREENHALGH

Emrys L."George" Greenhalgh, 82, died Tuesday, July 31, at the Riverton Memorial Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m., ...

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Deaths
GREENHALGH
Emrys L."George" Greenhalgh, 82, died Tuesday, July 31, at the Riverton Memorial Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 7, at Davis Funeral Home with Pastor Robin Stupka officiating. Graveside services will follow at Mountain View Cemetery with military rites.
McCRACKIN
Charles A. "Alec" McCrackin, 66, of Dubois, and Atlanta, Ga., died Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, from an apparent heart attack while hiking with his family to Lake Louise, south of Dubois in the Wind River Mountains. Memorial services will be at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 8, at the Dennison Lodge in Dubois.
OSTLUND
Renee Marie Ostlund, 57, of Lander, died Aug. 2. Memorial services are at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 8, at the Lander High School.
Community calendar
AUG. 8
Spartan Football Camp is 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Aug. 8 to Aug. 10 at the Riverton High School turf field. Spartan Camp is designed for Riverton Middle School players to develop a base level of football fundamental skills. Camp is for incoming seventh- and eighth-graders. Camp is free.
Wind River Student Athlete Physicals are 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Wind River Clinic, 1005 College View Drive, Riverton. For more information, call 857-5280.
E-books Open House is at 6 p.m.at the Lander Library, 200 Amoretti St., Lander. Get more information about how to download and use new 3M e-books. Participants are asked to bring their e-reader devices.
AUG. 9
Spartan Football Camp is 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Aug. 8 to Aug. 10 at the Riverton High School turf field. Spartan Camp is designed for Riverton Middle School players to develop a base level of football fundamental skills. Camp is for incoming seventh- and eighth-graders. Camp is free.
Torrey Basin Petroglyph Trek is 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Dubois Museum, 909 W. Ramshorn St., Dubois. For more information, call 455-2284 or visit www.duboismuseum.org.
E-books Open House is at 6 p.m. at the Dubois Library, 202 N. First St., Dubois. Get more information about how to download and use new 3M e-books. Participants are asked to bring their e-reader devices.
Museum of the American West Speaker Series, featuring cowboy poetry with Verlin and Rick Pitt and Mickey Douglas, is at 7 p.m. at the Museum of the American West, 1445 Main St., Lander.
The Night Circus After Hours Book Discussion is at 9:30 p.m. at the Riverton Branch Library, 1330 W. Park Ave. Registration is required and space is limited.
Emergency calls
In Riverton police reports from Friday to Tuesday morning:
- Jody Blackburn, 32, of Riverton, was arrested for assault and public intoxication.
- Rose Gasson Carlos, 42, of Arapahoe, was arrested for municipal court warrants.
- Braylee Bringsyellow, 22, of St. Stephen's, was arrested for a Washakie County warrant.
- Stephanie Heinert, 29, of Dickinson, N.D., was arrested for driving under the influence (DUI).
- Lionel Makeshine, 30, of Ethete, was arrested for a municipal court warrant.
- Eric Sage, 34, of Riverton, was arrested for a municipal court warrant.
- Cory Makeshine, 25, of Gillette, was arrested for assault.
- Lorenzo Roman, 18, of Riverton, was arrested for larceny, minor in possession of alcohol and resisting arrest.
- Stephanie Behan, 28, of Arapahoe, was arrested for a Fremont County warrant and assault.
- Joseph Twiss, 38, of Riverton, was arrested for a municipal court warrant.
- Charlene Yellowfox, 47, of Riverton, was arrested for public intoxication and trespassing.
- Joshua Branson, 21, of Riverton, was arrested for public intoxication and fighting in public.
- Joshua Watts, 25, of Hudson, was arrested for DUI.
- Travis Hiett, 27, of Elm Creek, Neb., was arrested for DUI.
- Gerald Sittingeagle, 49, of Riverton, was arrested for public intoxication.
- Shawnice Crazythunder, 19, of Lander, was arrested for a municipal court warrant and minor in possession of alcohol.
- Dawson Smith, 27, of Kinnear, was arrested for a Fremont County warrant.
- Robert Brillhart, 23, of Riverton, was arrested for possession of a controlled substance (marijuana).
In Fremont County Sheriff's reports from Friday to Tuesday morning:
- Chauncey Friday, 45, of Ethete, was arrested for a failure to appear warrant.
- Melissa Hefner, 28, of McKinney, Texas, was arrested for DUI, driving roadway laned for traffic and headlamps.
- Susan Hutchinson, 50, of Cheyenne, was arrested for DUI.
- Cynthia Craton, 50, of Dubois, was arrested for breach of peace.
- Lorraine Hunter, 28, of Lander, was arrested for probation revocation.
- Carl Kysar, 43, of Green River, was arrested for contempt of court.
- During the same time period, ambulance crews were dispatched 55 times and firefighters responded to seven calls for service.
- At 10:13 a.m. on Friday, sheriff's deputies received a call about a male body on Gas Hills Road near Riverton. The caller was unsure if the man, who was face down on the road, was breathing and didn't want to get close. Investigation revealed the man was intoxicated. The case was turned over the Wind River Police Department.
- At 6:48 p.m. on Monday, the Jeffrey City Fire Department responded to a forest fire on Green Mountain Road near the Sheep Mountain Mine area. Sheriff's Capt. Ryan Lee said all fire units cleared the scene at 1 a.m. Tuesday. It is unknown how the fire started and how much land was burned.
Streamflows
The Wyoming State Engineer's Office report on stream flows, reservoir levels and canal diversions in the Wind River Basin as of Monday, Aug. 6, are as listed in the first column. The readings for Sunday, Aug. 5, are in the second column. Measurements are in cubic feet per second unless otherwise stated.
Wind River near Dubois 97 98
Dinwoody Creek above Lakes, Near Burris 315 297
Bull Lake Creek above Bull Lake 291 294
Bull Lake Creek near Lenore 735 772
Wind River near Crowheart 1,330 1,350
Wind River near Kinnear 373 377
Wind River at Riverton 47 44
Little Popo Agie River near Lander 52 46
Little Wind River near Riverton 45 47
Wind River above Boysen Reservoir 212 213
Fivemile Creek near Shoshoni 294 298
Wind River below Boysen Reservoir 1,080 1,090